Indra's Web Mandala by eyeland
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
"The Net of Indra is a profound and subtle metaphor for the structure of reality. Imagine a vast net; at each crossing point there is a jewel; each jewel is perfectly clear and reflects all the other jewels in the net, the way two mirrors placed opposite each other will reflect an image ad infinitum. The jewel in this metaphor stands for an individual being, or an individual consciousness, or a cell or an atom. Every jewel is intimately connected with all other jewels in the universe, and a change in one jewel means a change, however slight, in every other jewel."
- Stephen Mitchell
"Imagine a multidimensional spider's web in the early morning covered with dew drops. And every dew drop contains the reflection of all the other dew drops. And, in each reflected dew drop, the reflections of all the other dew drops in that reflection. And so ad infinitum. That is the Buddhist conception of the universe in an image."
- Alan Watts
Over 2200 metaballs were used to create this image. I wanted to go further with it, but my machine (even though it is quite fast) got bogged down to the point where there was a 10 - 15 second delay every time I switched from one object to another. Too frustrating to continue...

Comments (5)
Quite taxing, time to upgrade? :) Awesome image!!!
Delightful image. Interesting information also.
Awesome shiny meatballs. An excellent mandala and great quotes.
Lovely! Great colors. Corrie
Excellent image!